Jeff Mallinson

Well, there’s not much more to type here than we have said on the last, and now this, show. This isn’t sayonara from your pals, Jeff and Dan, but rather a marker in their lives as they move onto new…

This is the kind of interview that could have been 4 hours and ranged from everything from ethics to REM to “virtue signaling” and Bob Dylan. David Zahl is the founder of Mockingbird Ministries which does some of the kind…

It's easy to find other religions to blame for social or theological ills. But what if the real problem isn't worshipping the wrong God, but the right God in the wrong way? Join us on part 1 of a two-part…

This reflection was adapted from Sexy: The Quest for Erotic Virtue in Perplexing Times (1517 Publishing, 2017).

In him, retribution is set aside. Forgiveness comes. A new order begins. Remember that God’s mission will prevail, because grace is in, with, and under the fabric of human history.

Luther contends that even our best spiritual, theological, and moral efforts are insufficient to save us.

The Christian who understands Gospel-based love recognizes the false promises and rewards of the Playboy Mansion.

By focusing intently on what one wants to avoid, we often crash right into the moral hazard we are trying to evade.

Beza was the successor to John Calvin and is the subject of Dr. Mallinsons Ph.D. dissertation.

On this episode, we wrap up Calvin by answering some listener questions and comments.

Even in our principled disagreements, we continue to pray for the unity of all, and invite the world to taste and see that the Lord is good.

John Calvin was one of the most influential thinkers in Christian history.

Jeff Mallinson co-host of the Virtue in the Wasteland podcast comes on to talk about Kierkegaard.

Welcome to the first episode of our "Great Thinkers of the Christian Faith" series.

At our churches must remain focused on the deep kick, the real deal, the thing itself. I’m not the first on this site to remind us that this is Christ himself.

Nonetheless, if we wish to treat apologetics as a practical endeavor for concrete engagement with people who ask about Christianity, it seems best to start with the questions young people are actually asking.

We believers are those who have been called out for a special healing mission in the world because we’ve caught a glimpse of the heavenly city.

Religious scholars of various allegiances have challenged this idea that all religions are saying the same thing.

Asking whether one's beliefs are the right ones is terrifying.

Why do many Christians dislike apologetics? Because difference makes sectarians and xenophobic people gag.

Instead of answering this question theoretically, perhaps it will be easier to illustrate the problem of understanding God through our human speculation by considering the legend of St. George and the Dragon.

Today, however, it seems that apologetics tends to be a performance rather than an authentic dialog, an exercise in being clever rather than being compelling, and a source of self-satisfaction rather than an invitation to risky but respectful engagement.

Anti-intellectualism goes straight out the window when a topic truly matters to us. I can’t recall how many times I’ve noticed the same folks who disdain academic jargon start using bigger, more technical words than I in one of three circumstances.

Barth's ideas resulted in a movement known as neo-orthodoxy, sometimes called dialectical theology, theology of crisis, or simply Barthianism.